Description
Establishes and maintains labor management relations. Represents the organization in contract negotiations with labor unions. Administers the collective bargaining agreements and grievances. Has accountability for the performance and results of: a large, strategically important discipline in an extremely large market; and/or; related disciplines or a medium-sized function in a large market or medium-sized division; and/or; a medium-sized discipline or department in a major region; adapts and executes functional or departmental business plans and contributes to the development of functional or departmental strategies; decisions are guided by functional or major operational segment strategies and priorities. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.